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Back in 2013, our tumblr site was started and ran until 2018, when they decided it was too "adult" - too lurid, supposedly. We followed the exodus to newtumbl and four years of dedication vanished in June of 2023. That work was not only new posts but upgrades of hundreds of old tumblr posts as well. So far, there has been no way to rescue those posts, so this will be the third version of this project. And, I'll warn you in advance, I may slip in covers that are not crime or mystery but just because I like the artwork. Enjoy!

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Category: pulp

November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

November 1935

cover art by Dalton Stevens

[updated with original art 8/8/25]

Posted on November 12, 2024August 8, 2025Categories magazine, original art, pulp, true crime, updatedTags dalton stevens, dame, femme fatale, poison, true detective mysteriesLeave a comment on November 1935 issue ~ cover art by Dalton Stevens

May 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

May 1949

cover art by Fred Rodewald

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, fred rodewald, garter, stockings, true crime cases magazineLeave a comment on May 1949 issue ~ cover art by Fred Rodewald

1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

September 1957 Gold Medal paperback original

cover art by Barye Phillips

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags barye phillips, dame, femme fatale, gold medal paperback, james o. causey, smokingLeave a comment on 1957 Gold Medal paperback or ~ cover art by Barye Phillips

1961 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

1961 Dell paperback original

cover art by Robert McGinnis

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags dame, dell paperback, james mckimmey, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1961 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Robert McGinnis

December 1949 issue

December 1949

cover art by Howell Dodd?

better image than previously posted

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories magazine, pulp, true crimeTags dame, moll, special detective magazineLeave a comment on December 1949 issue

1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1963 Monarch paperback original

cover art by Robert Maguire

one of the finest covers ever

Posted on November 12, 2024September 4, 2026Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags call girl, dame, frank boyd, hooker, monarch paperback, robert mcginnisLeave a comment on 1963 Monarch paperback original ~ cover art by Robert Maguire

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

cover illustration by Craig Dodd

second of his Alan Grofield novels, offshoots from the Parker series

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories british pulp, crime fiction, Hardboiled, hardcover, pulpTags alan grofield, craig dodd, dame, donald e. westlake, professional thief, richard stark, woman with a gunLeave a comment on 1969 Houghton & Stoughton UK edition

1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

1958 Dell paperback original

cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

Posted on November 12, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, finest kind, Hardboiled, paperback, pulpTags charles williams, dame, dell paperback, ernest chiriacka, femme fatale, noirLeave a comment on 1958 Dell paperback original ~ cover art by Ernest Chiriacka

September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

September 1939

cover art by Rudolph Belarski

Posted on November 11, 2024Categories action fiction, adventure, Hardboiled, magazine, pulp, war fictionTags argosy magazine, flanders field, graveyard, mauser, rudolph belarski, theodore roscoe, veteren's day, WWILeave a comment on September 1939 issue ~ cover art by Rudolph Belarski

January 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

January 1931

cover art by William Reusswig

Posted on November 11, 2024October 19, 2024Categories crime fiction, Hardboiled, magazine, mystery, pulpTags detective action stories, erle stanley gardner, j. allan dunn, j. lane linklater, leslie t. white, subway, van wyck mason, william reusswigLeave a comment on January 1931 issue ~ cover art by William Reusswig

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